“For me, I knew it was time to take a break from social media when it became mudane and a chore to weed through my feed a few times a day. For a long time I looked forward to hearing about the good things that were happeing with my friends and family, rejoicing in their triumphs and touchtone moments, lending support, encouragement when someone needed it, even shedding a tear when someone lost a parent, a spouse, a child. It made me feel like I was being a friend and part of a close knit family. But there started to come a time where I began to feel isolated and disconnected from some of my Facebook friends and family, and it became painful to feel like a stranger on the outside looking in.”
Category: Musings and Other Observations’
Stella Got Her Groove Back, and So Can You
In the wildly famous, very funny 1998 movie, Stella, played by the sexy, Angela Bassett, is a powerful business woman, who is too busy with raising her son and her career to have a life, and after some persuading, is finally talked into living a little and getting away on a long overdue”vaca”, with her…
Love and Our Lexicon
lex·i·con [ˈleksiˌkän, ˈleksiˌkən] lexicon (noun) the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge: “the size of the English lexicon” Ever since I was a little girl words have fascinated me. I began reading at a very early age, and I believe this became intertwined with my love for writing and my love of words. …
All That I Will Ever BE…. Brilliant
Everything I am, all that I will ever BE…brilliant All that I see, all that I have seen, all that I will ever BE…brilliant Places I have gone, all the places that I long to see, all that I will ever BE…brilliant Everyone I love, everyone I’ve loved, all that I will ever BE…brilliant Every…
Fuck Feelings. They Make a Pill For That
WARNING….Crazy Chic Rant…..
“We are not even through the first week of the new year and if one more person utters the words, New Year, New Me, I am going to lose my shit. It isn’t that I don’t appreciate anyone making the effort, it’s just that sooner or later we all are compelled, nudged, and bitch slapped, into making some sort of change, either because we have reached a turning point, we have a health crisis, or we just plain feel it with every fiber of our being that it needs to be so.”
Sabbatical For the Soul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SabbaticalSabbatical or a sabbatical (from Hebrew: shabbat (שבת) (i.e., Sabbath), in Latin: sabbaticus, in Greek: sabbatikos (σαββατικός), literally a “ceasing”) is a rest from work, or a break, often lasting from two months to a year. The holiday craze is upon us and it is about this time every year where I secretly imagine taking a year-long…
Feeling Thankful
Today and always, I am thankful for the love of family and friends and the blessings they bring to my life. As well as my fellow bloggers and my readers. The easiest way to stay humble and appreciate what you have in life, is to be thankful and recognize the gift each day brings us,…
Vision Quest…The Power of Positivity
About 16 years ago, I stumbled upon a self-help book that changed my life. Seriously. I had already been on the path to emotional healing and well-being and had been spending my days between diaper changes, nursing, motherhood, school, and self-love. I was at the book store looking for some books to read in my…
Finding Fairytales
I have a bone to pick with Charles Perrault and The Brothers Grimm. Considering all three died centuries ago, that would be a proverbial bone. You may or may not recognize the names. Charles Perrault was a French writer, who most notably wrote Cinderella, and the Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob, wrote many children’s fables and…
Seeking Absolution; The Path of the Righteous
“There will always be someone who on their moral high ground, who feels that they know what is in your heart and what the “true intent” was in what you did, or said or should have done. For that you can plead your case until you are blue in the face and nothing will ever serve as justice. It will always be that bitter pill stuck in their throats, with all of the grand illusions and speculations.”
